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After a long period of uncertainty, a permanent residence for the Skawenniio Tsi Iewennahnotahkhwa Kahnawake Library is in the works.

The passage of a federal bill aimed at fast-tracking infrastructure projects in Canada could come at the expense of Indigenous rights, according to Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo and many other Indigenous groups, who say that Mark Carney’s Building Canada Act could have devastating effects on communities.

After months of early mornings, school sports, field trips, and exams, students at Kahnawake Education Center (KEC) schools are finally on summer vacation - and so too are KEC staff.

A brand-new mobile outreach service is on the streets of Kahnawake, thanks to a more than $200,000 grant secured by Kahnawà:ke Shakotiia’takéhnhas Community Services (KSCS) that covered the purchase of a van to better support community needs.

It was a long road to launching a local media program for aspiring Kanesatake journalists - much longer than it took for the first cohort to complete the program - but the efforts of administrators, teachers, and students alike have paid off.

When Lily Ieroniawákon Deer was at her lowest points dealing with the trauma she experienced growing up in the child welfare system, there was one thing that made things easier: sunshine people.

The crowd’s roar could be heard through the building as time rolled down late in a hard-fought win by the Kahnawake Hunters. They had just punched their ticket to the second round of the Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League playoffs.

A former Kahnawake Cannabis Control Board (KCCB) member said that part of the reason for her departure is because of a loss of faith in “the integrity of the system,” with a meeting between a dispensary license applicant and three Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) chiefs last year deepening her concerns about “political interference.”

When the chair of the Kahnawake Fire Brigade executive committee showed up at the Kahnawake Fire Brigade with an envelope recently and passed it wordlessly across a table, interim fire chief Wihse Stacey wasn’t sure what to expect.

The latest session of the Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador (AFNQL) saw the 30 representatives broach a wide variety of topics over two days, June 18-19, including three controversial bills currently being debated or recently passed.